What percentage of species that have ever lived are now extinct?
TED: How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction | Lauren Sallan

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1%
75%
50%
99%
2.
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What does the speaker use to study evolutionary patterns?
Climate models
Satellite imagery
Fossil records
Genetic data
3.
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During which period did the Hangenberg event occur?
Devonian
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
4.
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What was the impact of the Hangenberg event on fish species?
Only freshwater fish survived
96% of fish species died
50% of fish species died
All fish species survived
5.
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What strategy did some species adopt to thrive after the Hangenberg event?
Becoming larger and storing energy
Living fast and reproducing rapidly
Staying in the same habitat
Avoiding new foods
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What term does the speaker use to describe species that failed to innovate?
Extinct species
Living fossils
Survivors
Evolutionary dead ends
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What does the speaker suggest about the future of life after mass extinctions?
Life will never recover
All species will go extinct
Only a few species will survive
Life will recover in new forms
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